Lemont Sees 13 Percent Increase In Coronavirus Cases Over A Week

LEMONT, IL — The number of Lemont's coronavirus cases increased by 26 cases over the past week, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Lemont (ZIP code 60439) has 214 cases of coronavirus reported as of Aug. 14, compared to 188 cases on Aug. 7 which represents a 13.8 percent increase over the past week.

Lemont Patch has been posting weekly updates on Lemont's coronavirus case numbers, and this week's increase in cases marks the largest increase in one week since at least May 22.

There is no available information regarding the number of patients who are hospitalized or who have recovered per town.

Here is the growth in the coronavirus case numbers for the past several weeks in Lemont. The data comes from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the number of cases reported in ZIP code 60439.

Since testing began, IDPH is reporting a total of 4,458 tests have been performed for ZIP code 60439.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, there have also been six coronavirus related deaths in Lemont since March 16. The deaths included one woman in her 50s, one woman in her 60s, one woman in her 70s, one man in his 60s, one man in his 70s and one woman in her 80s. The most recent death was reported on June 17.

As of Friday, Illinois' coronavirus case count was 202,691 and the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,721 Illinois residents.

The state has developed new resurgence criteria to identify early but significant increases of coronavirus transmission. With the new criteria, the state also developed new emergency management regions, and Lemont, as part of suburban Cook County, is now part of region 10.

According to IDPH, as of data available on Aug. 14, region 10 has had three days of test positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. Data shows the positivity rate at 5.9 percent for the region. Hospital availability for region 10 has 28 percent of medical-surgical beds available and 34 percent of ICU beds available.

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